www.montereycountynow.com SEPTEMBER 11-17, 2025 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 29 Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events HOT PICKS hand, plus live music and dancing (and great beer, per usual). So you will be in fine spirits no matter what happens between MBFC and Hartford Athletic. The visitors, by the way, are 5th in the Eastern Conference. Go tacos! [DF] 7pm Saturday, Sept. 13. Cardinale Stadium, 4111 2nd Ave., Seaside. $24-$59. montereybayfc.com. TEEN IDOL Frankie Avalon is still here. The 1960s teen heartthrob, who was forever immortalized in the 1978 movie Grease singing the ode “Beauty School Dropout,” is still touring and offering up melodic nostalgia to all generations. Born Francis Thomas Avallone in Philadelphia, still in his teens he became Frankie Avalon and in 1959 released the chart-topping single “Venus,” sealing his fate, even 60-plus years later. This is music from a simpler time, even if, as Avalon sings in Grease, “the world is cruel…wipe off that angel face and go back to high school.” [SR] 7:30pm Saturday, Sept. 13. Sunset Cultural Center, San Carlos and 9th, Carmel. $65- $115. 620-2048, sunsetcenter.org. Sunday, Sept. 14 SAND LOTS Grab your buckets, shovels and rakes, because it’s time to get building. The Great Sandcastle Contest is back for its 62nd year, presented by the City of Carmel and Monterey Bay chapter of the American Institute of Architects. This year’s theme is “Carmel’s Nature,” so sandcastles (or forts, or homes, or cottages, use your imagination) should incorporate some of the defining features found in the small village. How about the Sunset Center made out of sand? Or Comstock’s cottages? Make it happen, builders—or just come to admire others’ work. [EC] 7am (building begins), 11am (judging) Sunday, Sept. 14. Carmel Beach, between 10th and 12th. Free. 620-2020, communityactivities.ci.carmel.ca.us. Tuesday, Sept. 16- Wednesday, Sept. 17 CITY OF LOVE Every year the Monterey Symphony shares its love for a particular place through movie scores, this year they’re sending musical adoration to the very romantic city of Paris. Hollywood has always loved Paris as well, making it the star of many films. The symphony plays tribute with songs from popular movies like An American in Paris, Beauty and the Beast, Ratatouille and The Phantom of the Opera, as well as films like Orpheus in the Underworld, Amélie and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg. Dress up as a character from one of the films and you might win a prize in the costume contest. On t’aime Paris! [PM] 6:30pm Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 16-17. Forest Theater, Santa Rita and Mountain View, Carmel. $12-$57; Sold out. 646-8511, montereysymphony.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. The pumpkin patch might be made of glass, but everything else at MEarth’s Hilton Bialek Habitat in Carmel is growing out of the ground—including grassroots support at this annual fundraiser. (See more details on p. 28.) DANIEL DREIFUSS COMPLIMENTARY SELF OR VALET PARKING | LOCATED BEHIND PORTOLA HOTEL & SPA (831) 649-2699 | PETERBSMONTEREY.COM | ARE YOU READY FOR FOOTBALL? at monterey’s favorite sports bar $5 HAPPY HOUR 4PM to 6PM & 9PM to 10PM NEWLY RENOVATED 25 HDTV’s Revitalized Menu & Craft Beer Prime Rib Nachos, Pizza, Burgers, & More FOOTBALL BREAKFAST Saturday & Sunday 9:30AM-11:30AM Breakfast Burritos, Huevos Rancheros, Tito’s Vodka Bloody Mary, & More FRANKIE AVALON AN EVENING WITH TICKETS ON SALE NOW! SAT, SEPT 13, 2025 7:30PM SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA SAN CARLOS ST AT 9 AVE, CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA 93921 TH BOX OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY – FRIDAY, NOON – 4 PM 831.620.2048 | BOXOFFICE@SUNSETCENTER.ORG | SUNSETCENTER.ORG | SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC. IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT | TAX ID #52-2404864
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